This poem has been lovingly commissioned by: Andrea J. McTair
In memory of: MAJ. Richard Gale Weller
April 15th. 1946 to June 15th. 2000
'' GENUINE GRACE IN COMMAND ''
DEFINE FOR ME A LEGEND, A MAN OF INFINITE TRUTH
DEFINE FOR ME A MAN OF VALOR, SUCCESSFUL OR OBTUSE?
ENLIGHTEN ME OF NOBILITY, A BIRTHRIGHT OF KINGS AND QUEENS?
FILL ALL THE PAGES OF HISTORY BOOKS, WITH STORIES FOREVER SUNG!
BUT WHILE YOU REGALE NAMELESS FACES OF GLORY, TIMES OVER AND OVER AGAIN!
I BEG YOU REMEMBER AN INDIVIDUAL, WHOSE HONORS I NOW PROUDLY PRESENT!
"MAJOR RICHARD GALE WELLER"
I SPEAK HERE OF A MAN WITH HUMILITY, YET CLEARLY A LEADER OF MEN!
QUIETLY COMMANDING, ENTIRELY THROUGH HIS PRESENCE WITHIN.
FOR US IT WAS REALLY QUITE EASY, WE FOLLOWED FOR HE SHOWED US THE WAY!
ON A DARK DISMAL NIGHT FOR EXAMPLE, HIS FAITH WAS WHAT BROUGHT US TO PRAY!
I AM SURE I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, GOD WAS HOLDING HIS HAND!
BECAUSE GALE HELD ON SO FIERCELY, WE EACH WERE TO WITNESS THE DAWN!
HIS DESIRES WERE NOT FOR GREATNESS, SIMPLY THE SURVIVAL OF THE TEAM!
HIS GOAL NOT FOR FAME OR FORTUNE, BUT TO SHARE HIS GIFT TIL THE END!
MANY TIMES WE ARE LEFT WITH A MEMORY, WHICH OVERSHADOWS US ALL!
MANY TIMES WE ARE LEFT AND DISHEARTENED, WONDERING WHY WE FOUGHT FOR THE CAUSE?
AND YET HERE WAS A MAN WHO NEVER QUESTIONED, THE MISSION LIFE HAD SET HIM ON!
PERHAPS THE GREATEST GIFT THAT HE GAVE US WAS THE UNDERSTANDING OF TRUTH!
REGARDLESS THE WORDS THAT WERE SHOUTED, WE FOUGHT FOR THE REASON OF GOOD!
I SWEAR I CAN HEAR HIM SAYING, IT'S SIMPLE THE REASON WE FIGHT.
FREEDOM, LIBERTY, INTEGRITY, THESE WERE GIVEN AS OUR BIRTHRIGHT.
REST ASSURED ITS UNIMPORTANT, A JUDGE AND JURY OF MEN.
WE MUST FIGHT TO PRESERVE WHAT WAS GIVEN US, EVEN FIGHT UNMERCIFULLY TO THE
END!
ALTHOUGH PEOPLE MAY RESENT US, WITH A DELUSIONAL CRY FOR PEACE.
HOLD IT NOT AGAINST THEM THEIR BLINDNESS, IT COMES FROM WANTING TO PRETEND.
FOR THEY COULD HAVE NO IDEA THE SACRIFICE, THAT EACH ONE OF US MUST GIVE.
FEEL ONLY PITY FOR THESE FELLOWS, TOO MUCH THE COWARDS TO STAND FOR WHAT'S RIGHT.
FOR THEY WISH THAT PEACE ON EARTH BE DELIVERED, BY NO ACTION AS THEY SLEEP
IN THE NIGHT!
LET US SEE TO THEIR WEAKNESS, AS WE TAKE UP THE STAFF, WE SHALL PROVIDE
THEIR TOMORROW EVEN THEIR BETTER LIFE!
LET IT NOT DISHEARTEN YOU, THE LACK WHICH THEY SEEM TO KNOW.
THERE WILL COME A DAY, WHEN WE ARE REMEMBERED FOR WHAT WE HAD TO SHOW!
FEARLESS, COURAGE, VALOR, STRENGTH TO ENDURE OUR PLIGHT.
IN THE DARKEST OF NIGHT, OR THE BRIGHT LIGHT OF DAWN, LET US REMEMBER WE MUST
HOLD ON!
FOR AS WE DO SO, GOD WILL STRIKE UP HIS NOTE, HE'LL GRANT US THE PEACE WE
DESIRE.
FOR WE HAVING KNOWN HIS TRUTH, TO STAND IN OUR WEAKEST HOUR!
THERE IS NOT ONE SINGLE QUESTION, AS WE STAND HERE TODAY.
THAT OUR RICHARD GALE WELLER, HAS BEEN GRANTED GOD'S MEDALS OF GRACE!
WE ARE THE GREATER FOR HAVING KNOWN HIM, THAT IS WITHOUT A DOUBT.
A MAN PRESIDENTIALLY DECORATED, OUR COMRADE, OUR BUDDY, OUR SCOUT!
MAY GOD BLESS AND KEEP HIM ALWAYS, ON THE NEW MISSIONS HE WILL FULFILL.
BE IT HEAVEN OR EARTH THAT HE'S SERVING, HE WILL SERVE IT INNATELY MY FRIEND!
WRITTEN IN PROUD SERVICE
Georgia R. Salva
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